“Come along, Zorina! Have you listened to what I said?”
“Yes – of course, Mama.”
“Then hurry, hurry! We must have a very early luncheon because the carriage will be here at twelve-thirty.”
“The Queen is sending – a carriage for us?”
“Of course, dearest! She knows that we have no other means of reaching her except by hiring horses, which it would be impossible for us to afford.”
“I will – go and – pack now.”
Zorina reached the door before the Princess, who was gathering up her sewing basket and then she said,
“It’s very exciting, is it not? And now you will be able to see the Dining Hall at Windsor Castle when the table is laid for a formal occasion and the candelabra are all lit.”
“Yes – Mama.”
Even to herself Zorina thought that her voice sounded dull and she knew that she ought
